if it happens to me

If I Get Dementia

1. If I get dementia, I want my friends and family to embrace my reality. If I think my spouse is still alive, or if I think we’re visiting my parents for dinner, let me believe those things. I’ll be much happier for it.
2. If I get dementia, I don’t want to be treated like a child. Talk to me like the adult that I am. 
3.  If I get dementia, I still want to enjoy the things that I’ve always enjoyed. Help me find a way to exercise, read, and visit with friends. 
4.  If I get dementia, ask me to tell you a story from my past. 
5.  If I get dementia, and I become agitated, take the time to figure out what is bothering me. 
6.  If I get dementia, treat me the way that you would want to be treated. 
7.  If I get dementia, make sure that there are plenty of snacks for me in the house. Even now if I don’t eat I get angry, and if I have dementia, I may have trouble explaining what I need. 
8.  If I get dementia, don’t talk about me as if I’m not in the room. 
9.  If I get dementia, don’t feel guilty if you cannot care for me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s not your fault, and you’ve done your best. Find someone who can help you, or choose a great new place for me to live. 
10.  If I get dementia, and I live in a dementia care community, please visit me often. 
11.  If I get dementia, don’t act frustrated if I mix up names, events, or places. Take a deep breath. It’s not my fault. 
12.  If I get dementia, make sure I always have my favorite music playing within earshot. 
13.  If I get dementia, and I like to pick up items and carry them around, help me return those items to their original places. 
14.  If I get dementia, don't exclude me from parties and family gatherings. 
15.  If I get dementia, know that I still like receiving hugs or handshakes. 
16.  If I get dementia, remember that I am still the person you know and love.
17. by racheal wonderlin in alzheimers reading room

for starters

FOR STARTERS
for years like beekeeping ive have said
i want to start my own tomato seeds
but i just never did it
maybe
because i like to go to the garden center
the natural gardener and forage through all the
tomato plants they have
some ive never heard of
some i planted anyway

within a few days of each other
i got these two magazines in the mail
mother earth news had an article about
experts tips on growing early tomatoes
then
the texas gardener had a lengthy article on
growing tomato transplants

the mother earth news article suggested these
three tomatoes to plant
they do well in norther climates
one the glacier does well in northern climates
especially in canada
the other two are whipperwill and sophies choice

they all are determinate tomatoes
that means they only grow so many tomatoes then thats it
they tend to be like a bush
and
do well in pots
and
they mature quickly in less than 60 days

the problem in texas is that when the weather gets good enough
to plant the tomatoes in the ground
you only have a small window to do it and get them growing
sometimes the heat comes early
and
shuts down the tomato production
so that year you rarely get any tomatoes

so the idea behind this idea of using northern climate tomatoes
is first if you plant them in the ground it wont work
the heat will knock them down
but
if you got them growing early
transplant them into larger pots
then as they grew put them in 3 gallon pots
keep them in a greenhouse under a grow light
but move them outside when the weather was warmer than
60 degrees
remember these are canada northern us tomatoes

then move them back inside at night
that
if it all works well
you will have tomatoes the first of april when most
people are just putting their tomatoes in the ground

so
i ordered the three tomato seeds
got a seed starter tray
filled it with lady bug brand germinator seed starting soil
planted those guys carefully
put them under my florescent light
and
now i am waiting

when they get their first true leaves
thats the second set of leaves after whats showing in the picture
i will transplant them into 4 inch pots like you buy
transplants in the nursery
once they have grown roots well
then
i will transplant them into a 3 gallon pot
filled with lady bug brand vortex potting soil
since it has everything a tomato should want

on nice days say like the 4 or 5 day run we are having
this weekend
i will put them outside in the sunlight
then
move them inside under a grow light for at least 12 hrs of light
each day

hopefully just hopefully in april
i will have pictures of red tomatoes to show you

bon appetitt

the organicgreen doctor

vive la france je suis charlie

VIVE LA FRANCE JE SUIS CHARLIE

i love european folks
i wonder how much better we would be if we were more like them
sometimes
they dont sweat the small stuff like we do
but
they sure protect their right to freedom of speech
probably better than we do
as evidence by the huge turnout in france this week
showing solidarity against the suppression of speech
by violence against the charlie hebedo newspaper by
the radical islamist

the dark hand of these people trying to snatch away
the right to our their freedom of speech

if we give in to them they have won

it was admirable that the french turned out in such large numbers
larger than since the ww2 liberation

i wonder if we in the united states would have done the same
im not so sure sometimes

in this blog i have the freedom of speech to write whatever
i want to write
not something you can do in many countries
including some of our allies in the middle east
heck theyll cut off hands and cut out tongues there

russia also comes to mind

i could trash christianity islam hinduism atheism
and
i wouldnt suffer any repercussions from our government

now
i may make a lot of people mad
and
lose a lot of readers
but
i have that right to do that
thanks to our constitution

i hope that we never lose that right
lets dont let that dark hand come in and take over
whether its an outside force like in france
or
an internal one which is probably worst

vive la liberte d'expression
vive freedom of expression

the organicgreen doctor